Friday, February 24, 2012

something fishy

Last night I ate two thirds of a fishcake, the first dead animal I have consumed in over 20 years. I have been psyching myself up to try eating meat and fish for a few years now as I'd like to be able to eat them occasionally to make life easier, although I'd still plan on being 99% vegetarian as vegetarianism is just right for me and sits best with my view of the world etc. I think having Dulcie has given me that little extra push to stop just thinking about it and start changing my ways. Not having eaten meat for so long has given me kind of a phobia of it and I'd like to be OK with eating it by the time Dulcie might be able to pick up on these things. We don't intend to bring her up as a vegetarian. I was quite surprised how easily I ate the fishcake last night and was giving myself a little pat on the back and feeling very pleased with myself. I thought about it a bit too much halfway through and couldn't finish it, but it was a very successful first attempt. A few hours after eating it, though, I started to sense the death in my belly and have felt quite ill ever since. Today I am still struggling and kind of wish I hadn't eaten it. There's dead flesh inside me. Shudder! Might be a while before I take the next step.

4 comments:

ugh, fish! But well done, you, that's quite a massive step. is there anything meaty you like the smell of? Bacon sandwich maybe? Or you could try, if you use it, substituting Quorn mince for the real thing! See if those adverts about not being able to taste the difference are true!

Weirdly it is fish that I have been fancying lately. I think my body must be needing it because the smell of it really used to bother me. Mince, I don't think I could handle (MANGLED death? no thanks!) but I might get my mum to make me a meat from my youth next time she visits us, like roast beef or something. Or I might never eat dead stuff again.

Yeah, I've still got the fishcake horror so I'll probably give myself a couple of weeks off from trying anything else. That said, my mum is coming to visit today and I could ask her to make something meaty from my childhood...

Hello! I'm sorry that I've had to turn on the word verification feature again, but my inbox was being flooded with very dull spam. Genuine comments always brighten my day though, so thank you for taking the time to leave one :)

Hello!

I'm Laura and I live in Glasgow, Scotland.

I like sewing and drawing and cutting and sticking and printing and messing about on the computer and crochet and knitting (kind of). I try to blog about things I'm making, but mostly I end up blogging about anything I'm finding interesting: things other people are making, charity shopping, films, music, books, the city I live in, my cats... Since having a little girl, I've found she has kind of taken over my life and therefore my blog too. Your comments are always much appreciated and I reply to them in the comments section, so do check back. Thanks for stopping by!